%0 Journal Article %1 Moulin:1997p889 %A Moulin, Cyril %A Lambert, Claude %A Dulac, Francois %A Dayan, Uri %D 1997 %J Nature (London) %K imported %N 6634 %P 691--694 %T Control of atmospheric export of dust from North Africa by the North Atlantic Oscillation %V 387 %X All year long, massive airborne plumes of desert dust from the Sahara and surrounding regions are exported to the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The mass of African dust transported in the atm. is large-about one billion tonnes per yr (ref. 3) - and it has been suggested that the windblown dusts have a substantial influence on the regional radiative budget. Here we use daily satellite observations of airborne dusts to obtain an 11-yr regional-scale anal. of dust transport out of Africa. The substantial seasonal variability over the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea can be explained by the synoptic meteorol. Interannual variations in dust transport are similar over both regions, and are well correlated with the climatic variability defined by the North Atlantic Oscillation. This large-scale climatic control on the dust export is effected through changes in pptn. and atm. circulation over the regions of dust mobilization and transport. Such natural variability is so large that it is difficult to resolve any anthropogenic influences on atm. dust loads, such as those due to desertification or land-use changes. It seems likely that the North Atlantic Oscillation will also affect the distribution-and radiative influence-of other aerosols. %Z Copyright 2002 ACS CAPLUS AN 1997:401432 lab. Modelisation Climat Environ.,CEA,Gif-sur-Yvette,Fr. NATUAS 0028-0836 written in English.

@article{Moulin:1997p889, abstract = {All year long, massive airborne plumes of desert dust from the Sahara and surrounding regions are exported to the North Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The mass of African dust transported in the atm. is large-about one billion tonnes per yr (ref. 3) - and it has been suggested that the windblown dusts have a substantial influence on the regional radiative budget. Here we use daily satellite observations of airborne dusts to obtain an 11-yr regional-scale anal. of dust transport out of Africa. The substantial seasonal variability over the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea can be explained by the synoptic meteorol. Interannual variations in dust transport are similar over both regions, and are well correlated with the climatic variability defined by the North Atlantic Oscillation. This large-scale climatic control on the dust export is effected through changes in pptn. and atm. circulation over the regions of dust mobilization and transport. Such natural variability is so large that it is difficult to resolve any anthropogenic influences on atm. dust loads, such as those due to desertification or land-use changes. It seems likely that the North Atlantic Oscillation will also affect the distribution-and radiative influence-of other aerosols.}, added-at = {2010-06-22T19:38:37.000+0200}, annote = {Copyright 2002 ACS CAPLUS AN 1997:401432 lab. Modelisation Climat Environ.,CEA,Gif-sur-Yvette,Fr. NATUAS 0028-0836 written in English.}, author = {Moulin, Cyril and Lambert, Claude and Dulac, Francois and Dayan, Uri}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2afec6f0dd11becaf5f1d226076154f65/gsmith}, date-added = {2010-03-10 16:47:42 -0500}, date-modified = {2010-03-10 16:48:23 -0500}, interhash = {e94279db1625befd070430b53ae5164a}, intrahash = {afec6f0dd11becaf5f1d226076154f65}, journal = {Nature (London)}, keywords = {imported}, label = {rec-number 64}, local-url = {file://localhost/Users/geoffreysmith/Documents/Papers/Nature%20(London)/1997/Nature%20(London),%20387,%20691-694%201997.pdf}, number = 6634, pages = {691--694}, rating = {0}, timestamp = {2010-06-22T19:38:58.000+0200}, title = {Control of atmospheric export of dust from North Africa by the North Atlantic Oscillation}, uri = {papers://E88B624E-D406-46FF-9D95-BB9C1AAE3FDC/Paper/p889}, volume = 387, year = 1997 }